Coming Soon: Conversations with the Women Shaping Modern American Diplomacy
Welcome to Our Women in the World by Jennifer Koons.
​This is a reader-driven membership community dedicated to engaging in conversations that are too often overlooked, misunderstood or underreported.
It could not be a more critical or interesting time to dive into global affairs and the United States’ relationship with the rest of the world, but these will also be conversations grounded in the nuanced, lived experiences of women and so are meant to appeal to a far broader audience than those in the national security, foreign policy and news junkie realm.
The women interviewed here will range in age from late 20s to early 80s and their first-hand experiences working in war zones, evacuating embassies under fire, being high-value hostages and being personally attacked will be riveting. Political events will provide the backdrop and guide posts throughout, but these conversations are meant to bring to life the untold stories of those who were and are making difficult decisions, sounding (sometimes unheeded) alarms and representing the United States to allies and adversaries alike. And that means illuminating how they did it.
These won’t be tales of bravery and triumph told in a vacuum. Readers will see themselves in so much of what is happening behind the scenes. Opening a window into their most candid, striking and impulsive moments is the only real way to understand the inner lives and motivations of any woman. I hope you will join us and share your own story.
Jen is a contributor @theatlantic; adjunct @MedillSchool; former foreign correspondent + natsec editor; first book STATESWOMEN coming soon. jennifer.koons@protonmail.com
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